Ty Williams of West Liberty races to a second-place finish Saturday in the boys class 2A 200 meter run at the state track meet at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

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Getting out of the starting blocks can be as hard for some runners as getting out of the bed on Monday morning to go to work. Just minutes after finishing fifth in the 100, West Liberty's Ty Williams was runner-up in the 200 in 22.36 seconds.

"I'm not that good out of the blocks, so I have more time to make it up," Williams said of his relative proficiency in the longer distance. "I'm pretty bad, but I've got to work with what I've got. I had somebody pushing me in the 200 (winner Trever Ryen) so that felt good.

"If I get out of the blocks halfway bad in the 200, I have a little time to make it up. But I usually ...